• NCAA Press Release
The latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) data from the NCAA has been released.
Implemented in 2003 as part of an ambitious academic reform effort in Division I, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.
The APR emerged when Division I presidents and chancellors sought a more timely assessment of academic success at colleges and universities. At the time, the best measure was the graduation rate calculated under the federally mandated methodology that was based on a six-year window and did not take transfers into account.
Nationally the four-year APR national average remained steady for the 20th anniversary of the data collection.
As a whole the OVC's APR was 977, which was up from the 2022-23 data.
Overall the sport of men's basketball was at 973, which ranked 11th among all Division I Conferences. The sport of women's basketball was at 969, up 17 points from the prior season, while the sport of football increased by 13 points.
Nationally, over the past 20 years, 21,365 former student-athletes have returned to the classroom after exhausting their athletics eligibility to complete degrees and earn APR points for their former team. Nearly 11,000 of these individuals returning to graduate were former football, baseball, and men's and women's basketball student-athletes. These student-athletes are typically not counted as graduates in the federal graduation rate or Graduation Success Rate calculations.